The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biometrics in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biometrics over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biometrics
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Biometrics 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 1.256% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.032% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £26,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+5.55% +32.35%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
124 116 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 31.16% 31.78% 37.67%
Number of salaries quoted 112 105 96
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,500 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,100 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Biometrics
Leicestershire

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Biometrics across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leicester Biometrics Jobs Demand Trend

Biometrics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Biometrics across the Leicester region.

Leicester Biometrics Salary Trend

Biometrics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biometrics across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leicester Biometrics Salary Histogram

Biometrics
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester region citing Biometrics also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Biometrics.

1 6 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Security
2 4 (66.67%) Objective-C
2 4 (66.67%) XAML
2 4 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 4 (66.67%) Web Development
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) NFC
2 4 (66.67%) Mobile Payment
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) Web Services
2 4 (66.67%) PhD
2 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Management

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester region citing Biometrics also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
1 4 (66.67%) NFC
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Graduate
1 4 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Smartcard
2 4 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 4 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Mobile Payment
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Security
2 4 (66.67%) Web Development
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 2 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
1 4 (66.67%) C++
1 4 (66.67%) Java
1 4 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 4 (66.67%) XAML
1 4 (66.67%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) PhD
1 4 (66.67%) Degree